we are starting this week here in the outer hebrides, or western isles, a group of islands of the extremecoast of scotland. known for their rugged beauty and wildlife, it's also where you'll find these. they are called crannogs, and they mightjust seem like random, small, overgrown islands, but they were once ancient man—made loch dwellings during the iron age. or they could be even older than we think. newly found artefacts now date them back even further to the neolithic age, around 5,000 years ago. and i am with the man who found them all, right here at this beautiful loch. yeah, just over there on that island, on the west side of that island, right on the side of it, that's where i found the neolithic material. 15 feet off there. well, in the early days, when i was here crewing the coastguard helicopter here, i noticed quite a number of lochs with little islets on them. they didn't look natural at all. they looked like they were just too round. some had walls round them and i thought, well, i wonder what was going on in these lochs many, many years ago? so tell me, what did you find i

while the crannogs in the outer hebrides are certainly some of the oldest, hundreds of these stone islandsre scattered across scotland, forgotten and overgrown in its lochs. i'm headed back over to the mainland to the scottish crannog centre in the highlands. i'm keen to find out just how they were used thousands of years ago. the timing is pretty great, because we are in the middle of an iron age festival. folk music plays so this is a bone whistle, that is one of the earliest musical instruments in human history. and i'm going to give it a go. whistle toots 0h, 0k! whistle toots and this is what some of the crannogs would have looked like. wow, look at this! hello there! hello, welcome! welcome to the crannog. welcome to the crannog, yes. this is much bigger than i thought it would be. it's very spacious, it's like a tardis, isn't it? small on the outside and you come in and... we have always been wowed by that illusion. it's large but very cosy. you have a hearth and a domestic seating area for everybody to sit around, to eat their meals at the end of the day. behind you we have a littl

we are starting this week here in the outer hebrides, or western isles, a group of islands off the extremeife, it's also where you'll find these. they are called crannogs, and they mightjust seem like random, small, overgrown islands, but they were once ancient man—made loch dwellings during the iron age. or they could be even older than we think. newly found artefacts now date them back even further, to the neolithic age, around 5000 years ago. and i am with the man who found them all, right here at this beautiful loch. yeah, just over there on that island, on the west side of that island, right on the side of it, that's where i found the neolithic material. 15 feet off there. well, in the early days when i was here crewing the coastguard helicopter here, i noticed quite a number of lochs, with little islets on them.

that often i was travel time from glasgow to find the outer hebrides northwest of the scottish mainland bera is the largest of the southern islands. and that's where i'm heading now. just getting there is an adventure. the anticipation of landing on the beach makes me feel like i should be bracing for impact. but as it turned out touched on was not gentler than i expected planes can only land on barrow at low tide here the flight plan is governed by the tides. and never made it to the beach this soon enough and left. only a small aircraft with experienced pilots can never get to unusual conditions i think . the 1st few times i made the approach was like this we are you know there's no lights and concrete but you have 4 buildings that's just a beach it's still quite unique. after stepping onto the beach you move along to a small terminal the clocks run a bit different here. i am one of just 8000 passengers who come here a year. that adds up to only 14 have. what flights and you know. but my suitcase and i aren't ready for the hotel yet 1st i want to close a look at the heart of the airpo

we are starting this week here in the outer hebrides, or western isles, a group of islands off the extreme and they mightjust seem like random, small, overgrown islands, but they were once ancient man—made loch dwellings during the iron age. or they could be even older than we think. newly found artefacts now date them back even further to the neolithic age, around 5,000 years ago. and i am with the man who found them all right here at this beautiful loch. yeah, just over there on that island, on the west side of that island, right on the side of it, that's where i found the neolithic material. 15 feet off there. well, in the early days, when i was here crewing the coastguard helicopter here, i noticed quite a number of lochs with little islets on them. they didn't look natural at all. they looked like they were just too round. some had walls round them and i thought, well, i wonder what was going on in these lochs many, many years ago? so tell me, what did you find in this loch and other lochs around here? what i did find was beautifully decorated ceramics under the water here. but i thin

when mary anne macleod embarked on the 3000 mile journey from the outer hebrides to new york nearly ary tale that's the focus of a new bbc documentary which airs tonight on bbc gaelic, which traces the life of donald trump's mother, from humble beginnings in scotland's western isles to a glamourous life in the big apple. in a moment we'll hear from the journalist who did a lot of the digging for the film — but first — here's a clip. certainly be watching that tonight. there has been a lot written about maryanne mcleod. she left scotland in the 1920s for a new life in america, the matriarch of the trump family. what have you learnt about the journey she family. what have you learnt about thejourney she made family. what have you learnt about the journey she made and what effect she had on the president?” the journey she made and what effect she had on the president? ijoin you in english, first of all! trump is such a huge figure, and his politics are so such a huge figure, and his politics are so controversial that they often mask his own history. his grandfather was a migrant, his fat